A former British employee of Huawei claims he was made redundant because he wasn't Chinese
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2011
Apple Appoints Chairman As Jobs’ Successor
Art Levinson, a long-term Apple board member appointed and Robert Iger, Disney president, joins board
UK Broadband Speeds Drop By Third At Peak Times
Connection speeds drop by 35 percent in the evening thanks to TV streaming, says uSwitch
Google: Why Is Wi-Fi Location Opt-Out, Not Opt-In?
Opting out of Google's Wi-Fi location system for privacy is not easy. Wayne Rash says it should have been an opt-in system
Google Offers Opt-out For Location Services
To keep off Google Maps, change your Wi-Fi SSID - but critics say this is too complicated
Symantec Buys Out Of Huawei Joint Security Venture
Symantec agrees to sell its stake in Huawei Symantec Technologies to its partner for $530 million
Over Half Of Smartphone Sales Are Android: Gartner
The Android operating system hit 52.5 percent market share compared with 15 percent for Apple's iPhone
Model Metrics Consultancy Bought By Salesforce
Salesforce acquires mobile, social cloud specialist to bolster itself against Oracle, SAP and other rivals
Symantec IM Security Cloud Addresses Compliance
IMS.cloud blocks messages that are malicious or violate corporate policy and the user is notified
Link Between TDSS Rootkit And DNSchanger Found
Trojan may be planted by the TDSS rootkit, the hard-to-remove malware behind numerous attacks
Valve Admits Steam Gaming Service Hack
Another gaming service has suffered a damaging hacking attack, but this time it is Valve's Steam not Sony
Microsoft Eyes Tablets With Windows 8 Power Tweak
Microsoft is to tweak Windows 8 power-management capabilities to broaden its tablet appeal
Study Points To SMB Optimism For Future
Owners of small businesses remain optimistic despite the bleak outlook about the global economy
ICO Demands Jail Sentence For Web Gambling Sting
The Information Commissioner has fined a man for selling the personal details of online bingo players
‘Fastest Ever’ BT Broadband For Lucky Few
BT Retail says it has leapfrogged Virgin Media with 100Mbps down / 15Mbps up - but only on fibre
Banks Battle Increased Cyber-Attacks
Cyber-criminals are using malware and man-in-the-middle tactics to transfer cash from bank accounts, even with two-factor authentication in place
Porn and Violence Floods Facebook Newsfeeds
Users have complained of violent and sexual images appearing on their profiles
Who Still Cares About COBOL?
The high level language beloved by banks, COBOL is 50 years old and still in widespread use, says Ed Airey of Micro Focus
Apple’s Rivals Lose When Adobe Trashes Flash
Adobe's abandonment of Mobile Flash will affect Google, RIM and Microsoft in different ways, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Cyber Security Summit 2011
Top-Secret Google X Laboratory Revealed
Google X is reportedly a top-secret lab working on robots, space travel, and Internet-connected light bulbs
Apple’s Siri Cracked To Run On Other Devices
French developers have reverse engineered the Siri feature of Apple's iPhone 4S, to run it on other devices
Android Ice Cream Sandwich Source Code Released
The source code for version 4.0 of Android has been released, along with Honeycomb for the first time
W3C Publishes Online Privacy Drafts
Web standards maker W3C proposes a standard for "do not track" features in browsers
New AMD Chips, Nvidia GPUs In Cray Supercomputer
Cray's £118m Blue Waters machine will use new XK6 blades based on AMD and Nvidia technology
EU Builds Hybrid ARM-Based Supercomputer
The Mont Blanc Project's new low-power supercomputer in Barcelona will use Tegra and GPU chips
RIM BBX BlackBerry Image Leaked On Web
The first BlackBerry with BBX is a device codenamed London, according to a leak on the Internet
Windows Phone Plus Nokia Tempts Developers
Microsoft, Nokia and Windows Phone appear to have eclipsed RIM in developers' eyes
Google Details 10 Search Tweaks
Google has opened up about ten of the hundreds of changes it makes to its search algorithm each year
Google Offers 24/7 Support For Apps For Business
Google is hoping to make Google Apps for Business 'enterprise ready' by offering full 24x7 support